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Wells Fargo secured strong demand for its longer dated senior paper on Monday, making it the second North American bank to target euros after third quarter results were published last week.

Garfunkelux, the German debt collection company, on Thursday issued £795m of notes in the first sizeable European high yield issue for three weeks. Market participants are now eager to see if other issuers finally follow in its steps.

SNS Bank raised hopes of more capital issuance when it named leads for a euro denominated tier two transaction on Thursday but the trade may be a tough sell.

Dominique LeMaire is set to join ING as head of the bank’s new platform to relaunch its leveraged loan and sub-investment grade corporate bond business.

USG People, a Dutch recruitment and human resources company, has secured €450m of funding in a refinancing loan, reducing its margin by 40bp.

SNS Bank named leads for a euro denominated tier two transaction on Thursday. The trade may be a tough sell, bankers thought, but brought some hope for future capital supply.

Swiss commodity trader Gunvor is building momentum for around $1bn of refinancing loans, with commitments due by the end of the month.

Private equity firm Permira is merging German debt collector Garfunkelux, which it acquired in July, with British peer Lowell Group — a deal that could play the ‘market opener’ role bankers and investors have awaited since September.

Banks are grasping at private opportunities throughout their capital curves in search of a safe and affordable source of funding, as a volatile public market proves too rich for bank treasurers' blood and funding costs. Jonathan Breen reports.

It was just like the good old days in emerging market bonds this week despite the IMF's best attempts to spread doom and gloom. Riding the crest of a wave of supply though were the first Russian corporate deals longer than a year since 2013 — and how investors dived in. Francesca Young reports.

Deutsche Bahn made the most of an otherwise empty corporate bond market on Wednesday, increasing its latest floating rate note from €300m to €400m, making the deal its largest eight year FRN.

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is looking to replicate the success of companies CME Group, Deutsche Bourse and the London Stock Exchange Group in evolving the indexing business, as passive investing gains popularity in Asia.